Thursday, July 16, 2009

I've been asked how we stay healthy when we're all the time baking sweets. It's very straightforward: there are enough people in this house that a pie yields one piece per person, with an extra slice for the Giles and the Composer to share, if they did a long run that morning.

A layer cake yields dessert for two nights--one piece per person. A batch of cookies makes dinner dessert, and some for the next day.

The key to a sensible life, with dessert, is moderation. Don't take more than your share. Because if you do, not only will you get chubby, you might get socked!

22 comments:

Lisateresa
said...

Oh, my goodness, Anna - today I made a raspberry pie, and just a little while ago I told my brother I'm not sure making pies for 2 people is a good idea! "Do you realize how much fat is in a piecrust?" His reply was that he wasn't gaining any weight! But I will if this continues! But what do you say to a friend who comes over begging you to take some raspberries off her hands?Fruit crisp might be a better choice for desserts.

I agree! Though I've perfected the art of tiny portion baking (or at least small portion baking) because we are just 2 adults and a toddler, perhaps this means that in order to keep a healthy figure I need to have more children. There is some appeal to that approach....

lisateresa, I eat the raspberries straight! Or you could make jam. Lately we just have bowls of fruit for dessert. Lots of luscious peaches and blackberries.....{but a pie every now and again is also so good....} Crisp is good, too.

I love sweets too. A homebake anything sounds delicious. God loves sweets too, thats why He made sugar cane, and fruits, and little children, because they are sweetness in their own way... dont you agree? :)))

The other option is always to give some away! I love baking, and try to make things that my husband can take to work to share with his coworkers. We keep enough for dessert for our family for a few days, and then send the rest in to his work to save us from the temptation of eating more.

The lovely side effect is that he and I seem to be very popular with his coworkers. *grin*

Yep, in our home with three small boys, a delicious cherry pie will be cut into 10ths, with Daddy getting one of my portions to take to work with him the next day. It's very reasonable to me! Who wants to live without pie??

In your house of runners dessert is clearly not a problem. My house,on the other hand, should not eat dessert like this. I love all the sweets you share and realize we are all different in the things we may or may not have.

"Because if you do, not only will you get chubby, you might get socked!" That almost made me spit my water everywhere. In a home where sweets are few (Mom can't eat them, therefore they rarely get made unless I take the initiative), I always love coming to your blog and drooling over your delicious desserts.

Well, no worries because sweets cause physical symptoms only if they are eaten in excess. As long as they are eaten after a well-balanced meal, they cause no symptoms. Eating any food in moderation is healthy and eating too much of any kind is unhealthy. Anyway, you got nice shots of desserts in your blog.

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Photography is an important part of life at my house. Photos that appear here are taken by Giles, by the Composer, and by me. Giles is a real, paid photographer, and he uses a Sony Alpha. Most of the photography prior to September 2008 is his. Since then I have done most of the shooting and I use a Konica Minolta. Additionally, the Composer offers me nice shots on occasion, often from his little Canon point and shoot. I've given up trying to note who's done what. Thanks for your interest!